LPT: Never get a tattoo in a language that you don't understand - eviltoast
  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    85
    ·
    1 year ago

    Where I live, we get a number of used vehicles imported from Japan, and for a while it was trendy to have English slogans on vehicles.

    They frequently made little sense, I imagine our ones look the same to them.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      39
      ·
      1 year ago

      You wouldn’t happen to remember any would you? For some reason I love those “Why is a mouse when it spins? The higher the fewer.” type things.

        • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          16
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          I was having difficulty understanding my Chinese boss one day, and after the third time I asked in total confusion, “What?” He looked at me and asked, “Why you not understand me, am I no speaking English?” I cracked us both up with my reply of, “No, you’re clearly speaking Chinglish!”

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            28
            ·
            1 year ago

            Her: I am struggling with two words.

            Me: Ok.

            Her: Fuck and fuck.

            Me: umm

            Her: the first one is like a thing for eating a meal.

            Me: Oh! Ok “fork” is what you eat with and “fuck” is what you do in private or yell when something goes wrong.

            Her: Say it again.

            (Multiple minutes later of me saying fork and fuck)

            Her: So I eat with a for-K and f-U-ck in private.

            Me: You got it, now go and fork yourself.

            (Me getting hit with a pillow multiple times while laughing)

            • LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              7
              ·
              1 year ago

              I have this sort of thing all the time here in Spain, though with shit/sheet.

              There’s plenty going the other way too, of course. At least I don’t mistake miedo and mierda these days …

              • HardlightCereal@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                4
                ·
                edit-2
                1 year ago

                One time I misremembered my Japanese teacher’s mnemonic and wrote that my grandpa was married to noodles.

                Teacher told us grandma is sofu because she has a sore foot from kicking grandpa’s ass. I remembered it as sore bum instead, and changed grandma to soba

      • skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        17
        ·
        1 year ago

        Not OP but the Toyota MR2 had the following text on the rear window on some units:

        Mature sporty personal

        More innovation more adult

        A man in dandism

        Powered midship specialty

      • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        I’m trying to remember some of them, or find a photo. I can’t remember what model of vehicle they were though.